MLB Player News

Sardinas is out of the lineup Sunday against the Dodgers.

Sardinas had just been starting to see regular starts at shortstop, a situation that will only improve following the release of Alexei Ramirez. It will be Alexi Amarista that gets the call for the Sunday afternoon contest, however.

Wendle is out of the lineup Sunday against the Red Sox.

Wendle has started in two of the Athletics' four games since his Aug. 31 call-up, going 1-for-8 with a run scored. It appears manager Bob Melvin will deploy Wendle on the strong side of a platoon at second base with Chad Pinder.

Gordon is out of the lineup Sunday against the Indians, Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald reports.

Gordon has started five straight games for the Marlins, but even with the DH spot available Sunday, he'll take a seat for a regular day off. Derek Dietrich will man the keystone in his stead.

Crawford is out of the lineup Sunday against the Cubs, John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Crawford didn't receive a day off the entire month of August, so this appears to just be a long overdue maintenance day. Ehire Adrianza will start at shortstop in his place Sunday afternoon.

Baez is out of the lineup Sunday against the Giants.

Baez started the first two games of the series, going 2-for-6 with a double and two strikeouts. He'll take a seat for Sunday's finale, however, allowing Ben Zobrist to move in from the outfield to start at second base.

Anna was designated for assignment by the Cardinals on Sunday.

Anna was serving as organizational depth at the Triple-A level, but the team needed his 40-man roster spot to execute multiple activations Sunday morning. He hasn't seen much action in the majors over the past few seasons anyway, and he posted a .685 OPS for the Redbirds over 106 games in 2016.

Diaz (thumb) began a rehab assignment at High-A Palm Beach on Saturday, going 0-for-3 with a walk.

Diaz played the full nine innings and is expected to play in another rehab game Sunday as he looks to work back from the thumb injury. If all continues to go well down on the farm, he could be activated from the DL at some point this week to rejoin the Cardinals. Diaz's return would likely result in Greg Garcia seeing his at-bats fall by the wayside.

Turner was named the National League Rookie of the Month for August, the Washington Post reports.

He set a franchise rookie record with 45 hits in the month en route to a .357/.366/.571 slash line with five home runs, 15 RBI, a mammoth 27 runs scored and 11 steals. Turner becomes the third National to win the award after Bryce Harper (who won it twice) and Ryan Church.

Owings finished 4-for-4 with an RBI in Saturday's 9-4 win over the Rockies.

The shortstop singled in each of his at-bats, matching a career-high four hits, including an RBI single in the second inning which gave Arizona a lead it wouldn't relinquish. Owings has stolen 15 bases this season -- he was caught stealing for the first time on Saturday -- and owns a .285/.332/.412 line in 323 at-bats.

Lindor went 4-for-4 Saturday with two doubles, one RBI and one run scored Saturday against Miami.

This could be an indicator that Lindor's recent slump is finally evaporating. Prior to Saturday's outing, he had posted just one RBI and two runs scored since August 22. He currently leads all shortstops with a .319 batting average and is second behind Xander Bogaerts with 86 runs. He also has 16 steals on the year.